σπάνις

spanis

scarcity, dearth, lack

Appears 3 times across Plato's dialogues.

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Laws 2
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Book III 2
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678d3
679a1
Letters 1
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310a2

Dictionary (LSJ)

σπάνις [ᾰ], ἡ, gen. εως, dat. ει, Ion. ι:—A. scarcity, dearth, lack, τόλμης E. Or. 942; ἀνδρῶν D. 25.31; ὕδατος Arist. GA 746b10, cf. LXX Ju. 8.9; θηρίων Str. 2.5.26; νεκύων AP 9.53 (Nicod. or Bass.); οὐ σπάνις . . ἔχειν,= οὐ σπάνιον, there is no lack, no difficulty, in getting, E. IA 1163; οὗ σ. ἀνδρὶ τυχεῖν which ʼtis rare for a man to get, IG 2.2753, cf. 3577: abs., dearth, τροφὰς ἐν τῇ μεγάλῃ σ. παρέσχε ib.3.687. II. unsatisfied need, want, c. gen., ἐν σπάνι βύβλων Hdt. 5.58; σ. σχεῖν τοῦ βίου poverty, S. OT 1461; βίου E. Hec. 12; ἢν δέ του σπάνιν τινʼ ἴσχῃς S. OC 506, cf. Pl. Lg. 678d; σ. τῶν ἀναγκαίων Antipho 4.1.2; τῇ τῶν χρημάτων σ. Th. 1.142; ἀργυρίου Lys. 19.11; ἡ . . σ. πρόχειρος εἰς τὸ δρᾶν κακά want, poverty, Philem. 157. 2. craving, defined as ἐπιθυμία ἀτελής, Stoic. 3.97; ἐν σ. χρημάτων D. 19.153, cf. Phld. Lib.p.45 O.

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